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> There's also a more subtle issue here than the lack of work. She talks like someone whose primary interest is her own looks, not anything to do with tech. She
by dleslie 4y ago
> There's also a more subtle issue here than the lack of work. She talks like someone whose primary interest is her own looks, not anything to do with tech. She talks repeatedly about how cute she looks, how she spends time working out to look cute, and a large part of the video is her posing in the mirror. Even something like the actual product she works on, isn't worthy of a mention.
I'm not going to read too much into your complaints about her priorities; but suffice to say, perhaps consider that she doesn't mention the details of her work because being a PM is generally breathtakingly dull.
> Traditionally, managers are meant to be people who have done the work of the people they're managing so they can make informed decisions. Given the widespread awareness that tech firms do 'diversity hiring' all the time it leads directly to the suspicion that maybe she was hired because she's a cute 23 year old girl and not, say, because of her extensive experience of product design or committed work ethic.
And yet you then sought out her linkedin and found evidence that she has, indeed, quantifiable and valid experience. But of course, you dismiss it out of hand because she's "clearly a bullshitter". But is she, really?
I've been out of school for ~20y, and even back then I knew at least five people who had successful business ventures during their tenure at post-secondary. At least two of those companies exited in rather substantial acquisitions. There was also the people who would go on to speak at TedX, who were featured on magazine covers, who...
Post-secondary is already a sample of the top-tier students that there is available, it shouldn't be surprising that some of them are super achievers.